Identification and Reference Materials

Lauren PulliamTCEQ Water Quality Planning Division

Surface Water Quality Monitoring Team

Taxonomy tomes…

• Excellent keys and reference information and essential in any taxonomic library

• Colorful descriptions:• “Dumpy little fellows…”• “Hairy nymph squats amid black

ooze on the bottom of stagnant pools”

• Limitation: static, taxonomy changes not reflected in older editions

• Online resources…

California Digital Reference Collection

http://www.dfg.ca.gov/abl/Reference/California/

Guide is incomplete, but still a useful resource

https://blancowateratlas.wordpress.com/biodiversity-guide/animals/insectsinvertebrates/insectsinvertebrates/

http://www.austincc.edu/sziser/txaqinverts/AITdistribrecords.html

Texas Natural History Collections –Fish Collection

iNaturalist.org

iNaturalist.org

And many more…

Additional taxonomy training options…

TCEQ Benthic Macroinvertebrate Identification Course…TBD, stay tuned